Folding box.



No. 823,810. PATENTED JUNE 19,1906.

. w. H. RICHMOND.

INVEZV T OR.

FOLDING BOX APPLICATION FILED MAR. 7, 1905.

ll UNITED srArns PATENT" orrion FLWILLIAM} RICHMOND, or MOUNT PLEASANT, MICHIGAN. FOLDING Box.

Specification of Letters latent.

Patented mm, 1906.

Application filed larch 7,19oa Sorla1No. 248,824

To all whom it may concern: 5

Be it known that I, WILLiAM H. RIoH- Mom), acitizen of the United States of America, residing at Mount Pleasant, in thecounty f 5 of Isabella and State of Michigan, have invented certain new'and useful Im rovements in Folding Boxes, of which the fo lowing is a specification, reference beinghad therein to i the accompanying drawings.-

This invention relates to a folding box of wholly avoided, all as more fully hereinafter.

described, and shown in the accompanying drawings, in which-'- Figure 1 is a perspective view of my box in a partially knockdown osition of the parts. 2 5 Fig. 2 is an elevation o the box as it appears when fully knocked down and ready for ship: ping. Figs. 3 and {l are cross-sections of the completed box in planes at right angles to each other, and Fig. 5 is a horizontal section. 0 A is the bottom.

B is the front side. C is the'rear side. D and E are the ends, and F isthe' cover. The front and rear sides are respectively 5 hinged directly to thefront and rear edges of the bottom A, the latter by inside hinges a, adaptin itto be folded u on the'upper side ofthe hinges b, adapting it to be folded against the 40 under side of the bottom. 1

One'of the two endssay the end Dis hinged directly to. the front side B by inside hinges 0, while a portion E of the other'end is fixedly secured to the front side B; and the other portion is hinged to it by inside hinges d, 911111811011 manner that it ma fold upon the end D, as shown in Fig. 2. he ends D and E' are also formed at their free vertical edges with rabbets f, adapted to receive the ends {of the rear side 0, as shown.

The cover F is hingedby outside hin es e to the top of the rear side and can be fo ded freely against the outer face ofthe'rearside.

This cover isprovided with a depending edge ottom, and the ormer by outside of t e ends and the front of the box.

With this construction ofthe parts the box can be knocked down in avery obvious rnannor, the arts foldin upon each other, as shown in ig. 2, and it will be seenv that the partsdie close and compactly together and gccupy less than one-third of the space of the It will be noticed that if the cover is closed and fastened down by 'a suitable nail or screw 6 5 m, as shown in Fig. 3, it interlocks with the sides and ends, and the box holds together without theuse of any other fastening; but

of course additional fasteningsv may be used to strengthen the box, if necessary. I prefer to use screws for the purpose, and these screws I make to perform a double service-- as, for instance, by using a screw 9 in each end board these screws may serve to secure the end boards to the bottom A in putting the-box together, and in knocking down the box they may be screwed out just enough to allow the parts to come apart and then in folding be screwed in again in the new position of the parts, as shown in Fig.- 2, when they perform the function of holding theparts together in their folded position, and thus making a tight bundle of the whole. My construction is es ecially devised for boxes which are more or ess of cubical shape,

which shape requires the least amount of; lumber for a given cubical contents, audit will also be observed that the interior of the box is wholly unobstructed, and there is also an advanta e in the wa the cover-plate o folds, since t he outside, w 'chlmay ca the shipping-address, is hidden when f0 ded, while the inside isexposed when folded, and thus the two destinations between which the box is used may be permanently carried on the cover. i

Having thus fully described my invention,

what I claim is- In a folding box-having a hinged cover, of a bottom and front and rear members hinged 10o to the bottom by outside and inside hinges adapting them to fold respectivel against the under and upper faces of sai bottom, and end members, one of which is hinged by 7 inside hinges to the front member ada ting 1o 5 it to 'fold flat against said member an the other one of which is correspondingly hinged to a complementary portion thereof, which is stri G, adapted to shut down over the top 55 i l rigidly secured to the front member adapting through the end members into the bottom said end member to fold flat upon the other member.

end memberthe box being of cubical In testimony whereof I afiix my signature shape-said front, rear and end members bein presence of two witnesses.

ing of uniform heightand extending with WILLIAM H. RICHMOND. their lower edges over the outer edges of the Witnesses: bottom member and adapted to be held in HENRY WILLARD, rigid relation to each other by serevTs ifissing MARIA RICHMOND. 

